Venture Capital Investment Strategy and Future Predictions

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Discussion on a venture capital firm's investment strategy in AI deals and recent investments in startups, speculation on the future of hardware infrastructure and potential oversaturation, impact of a research report on chip shortage, depreciation of technology, scalability in venture capital firms, and hiring strategies of successful individuals. The chapter also touches on the behavior of venture capitalists in different seasons, setting big goals and milestones, and the importance of hard work in achieving success.

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Todays show:

Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss news that a16z has built out a GPU cluster that it rents to its portfolio companies (4:22), Q2 venture trends (31:02), robotics startups (57:39), new TWIST500 companies (1:11:51), and more!

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(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show

(4:22) Venture capital firms building AI GPU clusters and a16z's “oxygen”

(10:09) .Tech Domains - Apply for the Jam Session with JCal contest today at https://jamwithjcal.tech

(11:13) Where this leads the industry

(20:21) Michael Ovitz's influence and venture capitalists' work ethic

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(31:02) Q2 venture capital funding trends and strategies for struggling companies

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(38:23) Global AI funding trends and current state of venture capital

(57:39) Teleoperation robots, remote work arbitrage, and ethical considerations

(1:11:51) Robotics companies' funding, the future of AI and robotics, and the TWIST500